Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist ​/ Team Lead

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist / Team Lead Band 7

Main area Speech and Language Therapy Grade Band 7 Contract 9 months (9 month fixed term maternity leave cover.) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Site Adult Speech and Language Therapy, Lincoln Hospital Town Lincolnshire Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum, Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/08/2026 23:59

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at LCHS.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our teams – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

• Compassionate - We care about people
  - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.
• Collaborative - We work together as a team
  - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.
• Innovative - We strive to improve
  - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the LCHG team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients. We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist in the role of Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
- Site Lead based at Lincoln County Hospital. This is a 9 month fixed term contract to provide maternity leave cover.

The SLT service provides timely assessment and treatment across all general acute wards for patients with swallowing and communication changes, to support with safe management of dysphagia, recommendations for ongoing treatment and supporting hospital discharge.

The specific ICU SLT service was established in 2022 within the multidisciplinary team on the Critical Care units, providing a 6-day service to patients, and regularly working jointly with physiotherapy, dietetic, nursing, and medical colleagues in providing holistic therapeutic assessments & interventions.

For Critical Care, across the 2 sites there is a total of 25 beds. 16 beds at Lincoln County Hospital and 9 beds at Pilgrim Hospital providing patient care at Level 2 and 3 , flexed according to patient demand.

The SLT team input to patients with acquired communication and feeding/ swallowing disorders on the critical care pathway, including patients with a tracheostomy in situ.

The post holder will be required to…